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Wicked words a treasury of curses, insults, put-downs, and other formerly unprintable terms from Anglo-Saxon times to the present
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Title
Wicked words [electronic resource] : a treasury of curses, insults, put-downs, and other formerly unprintable terms from Anglo-Saxon times to the present / Hugh Rawson.
ISBN
9781849720458 (online)
9780517573341 (print)
0517573342 (print)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York [N.Y.] : Crown Publishers, c1989 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Physical Description
1 online resource (978 entries) : digital files.
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Summary
The author of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk here presents us with the other side of the coin, Wicked Words, in which he pulls no punches in bringing us to the very cliff-edge of the English language. He covers everything from fart to flibbertigibbit, while always keeping careful watch for flimflam. Hugh Rawson combines a sound history of language with countless tales - find out what became of William Colyngburne for his use of the word hog, or the Presidential campaigner that branded his competitor a liar.
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Credo reference.
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Language
English
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September 19, 2022
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